Professionalism - Not easily put into a box constructing professional identity. Wiles, F. 2013.

A process in which each individual comes to have a sense of themselves as a social worker

Code of ethics

Registration affects behaviour

Boundaries

Process of individual development

Specialism

Collective narraitves

Norms

No single meaning of professional idenity

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Responsibities

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Continual

A shared professional idenity

Professional trait

Theory and knowledge

Personal experiences

Takes significant identity work

Unique sense of being a social worker

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Gradual adoption through process of socialisation

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Contingent on changing political academic and professional contexts

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